
PwC Manager Believes Associates and Senior Associates Are Going the Way of the Dodo Bird
Hey, I don’t know if you’ve heard but there’s a pipeline problem in public accounting right now. Seems some people finally got the memo that long hours and low pay isn’t worth the prestige of putting “worked at [INSERT BIG 4 FIRM NAME]” on their resumes anymore. And then there’s that other problem: those who […]

Caption This: With the Big 4 Exodus Underway, Desperate Times Call For Desperate Measures
Kicking off with: Turnover is so bad right now at PwC dogs are being hired to fill seats. Happy Friday everyone.

Guy Would Rather Play Pickleball Than Spend One More Minute Working at Deloitte
Working at the Big 4 has gotten so bad that one auditor, Zane Navratil, decided to become a professional pickleballer instead of continuing his public accounting career at Deloitte. Spectrum News 1 reported: In July 2020, in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, Navratil decided he was going to quit his day job as an […]

Turnover at Deloitte Must Be Pretty Bad If They’re Trying to Recruit People They Kicked to the Curb a Year Ago
A screenshot of a LinkedIn post by an ex-Deloitte employee made its way to our inbox this morning: BTW, this person is currently employed and no longer works in public accounting. Now that people are voluntarily leaving the Big 4 en masse, desperate times call for desperate measures, I guess. Related articles: Layoff Watch ’20: […]
Big 4 Firms Are Planning for Your Exodus
For some time now, Caleb has been touching on the upcoming/ongoing/always-occurring exodus from Big 4 into the private sector. The obvious reasons for the change from public to private are obvious, but here’s a few for kicks:
• Bigger pay day (and potential growth)
• CPA requirements completed
• Actual work/life balance
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